The Department of Visual & Media Arts
The Department of Visual & Media Arts offers undergraduate and graduate programs in film, video, television, radio and audio, new media and media studies.
The programs recognize that the visual and media arts are powerful forces that affect the minds, emotions and behavior of humankind, and they seek to educate students to become informed and ethical leaders as well as creative and successful practitioners.
The faculty includes a five-time Emmy Award-winner, a filmmaker-historian who specializes in cinema of the African Diaspora, a former White House speechwriter, and the director of the Prague Summer Experience in Film.
Graduates of the program have risen to the tops of their fields in major media and entertainment organizations in Hollywood, New York and elsewhere.
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NEWS
- Oscar nominated director Jason Reitman speaks to Emerson students
- WEBN covers President Obama's visit to MIT
- Stars and director of The Boondock Saints bring new film to Emerson
- Alumnus Phelan pens new movie on Amelia Earhart
- Film salon with Amy Holden-Jones and Michael Chapman
- Award-winning 'Celluloid Closet' producer gives tips on selling scripts to Hollywood
- Associate Professor Shujen Wang appointed associate dean of the School of the Arts
- Three new faculty join the Visual and Media Arts Department
- Robert J. Orchard named Emerson College's Executive Director for the Arts
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Off Campus Events
Workshops
No workshops are currently scheduled.
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